Stripping
['strɪpɪŋ] or [strɪp]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strip
(n.) The act of one who strips.
(n.) The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.
Typist: Shelby
Examples
- Stripping his harness from him I securely bound his hands behind his back, and after similarly fastening his feet tied him to a heavy gun carriage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Pliny describes this machine which was used early in the first century and which might be termed a stripping header. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Heaven only knows how far a man might trace them by stripping. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He played on for twenty-four hours, and won ten thousand pounds, stripping the bank he had played against. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typed by Denis